Inscription
crop marks center in black ink; by unknown hand, lower left in black ink: NEA; bottom center: LT41660; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite crossed out: A37- Aerodrome; top right underlined: Flying Field; upper center printed in black ink on applied paper: CAPTAIN LINDBERGH’S ATLANTIC FLIGHT: THE WELCOME AT LE BOURGET. / The scene at Le Bourget on Saturday night (May 21) when Captain / Lindbergh landed at the aerodrome. Guards of police and military / had to be placed round the machine in order to protect both mono- / plane and airman from the over-enthusiastic welcome of the crowd.; by unknown hand, center in graphite: x aeroplane field; lower left stamped in purple ink: REFERENCE DEPT. / JUN 3 1927 / N.E.A.; by unknown hand, center in graphite perpendicular: [illegible] n.y.; lower right in red crayon and crossed out in graphite: 408; lower right stamped in purple ink: The Times / COPYRIGHT.; by unknown hand, across bottom edge in graphite: A45884 – Le Bourget Field
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2014.
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